Hello, I'm Nova Lewis of Essex Hypnosis, and today I'm going to talk to you about my journey into becoming a hypnotherapist and psychotherapist, and what led me down that route.

So, I had issues with my own mental health years ago, and I was diagnosed with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and OCD.

And so I went on a journey of trying to find a therapy that was going to work for me. I have to say, I did try many different therapies that actually didn't work for me. And then, my last hope was actually hypnotherapy. So I went to see a hypnotherapist, and that was when my journey of healing began — because that actually worked for me.

But when I was having the therapy, I started to think: How can I make use of this? How can I help others? And so I decided I wanted to become a therapist, and I joined with the Essex Institute of Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy. And the rest, they say, is history.

From then on, I've done a lot of other training courses, and I'm still working on my craft. I do many different therapies now, but it's a constant learning process.

I never give up learning.

I never stop learning.

But I know from experience what mental health looks like — and I know what it feels like, because I've been there. I've worn those shoes. And I know what I call the dark cloud — what that actually feels like.

So I can relate to you, because I know. Let me help you to become the best person that you can be now, because that's what I want to do.

I want you to feel the best that you can possibly be.